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    It is not the case that A skeptic who denies the existence of a community of fellow-speakers cannot make sense of meaningful thought in the skeptic's own case.

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    • 1.Meaningful thought requires the existence of a community of others who fix rules through shared practice.
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    • 2.A skeptic who denies the existence of such a community has no basis for attributing intentional rule-following to others.
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    • 3.Without attributing intentional rule-following to others, the skeptic cannot ground the conditions necessary for meaningful thought.
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